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READY Academy all geared up to upskill any worker in robotics

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READY Robotics launches the READY Academy, an online educational platform where any manufacturing professional can rapidly learn how to design, deploy, manage and scale automation.

By enabling anyone to program and deploy automation, READY Academy helps to solve both the skilled labor shortage and the knowledge gap that have prevented broader adoption of robotic automation.

Paired with Forge/OS, READY’s cross-brand robot programming platform, READY Academy enables all manufacturers to deploy automation. [Read more…] about READY Academy all geared up to upskill any worker in robotics

The benefits of using universal collaborative robots

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Most manufacturing industries face significant challenges today, which can be solved by robots. The greatest challenge that every enterprise needs to address is workplace safety. Every year, companies use a substantial amount of money to cater for hospital bills of their employees.

Apart from the medical bills, most employees miss some workdays due to illnesses and injuries. Absence of employees from the workplace results in direct and indirect costs that affect an industry’s financial status.

The universal collaborative arms are designed to help you reduce workplace injuries and the associated costs. A robot is a perfect replacement for humans, and it does not require medical schemes neither does it ask for sick offs. [Read more…] about The benefits of using universal collaborative robots

Rockwell Automation and Microsoft expand partnership to simplify industrial transformation

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Rockwell Automation, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced a five-year partnership expansion to develop integrated, market-ready solutions that help industrial customers improve digital agility through cloud technology.

By combining each company’s expertise in the industrial and IT markets, respectively, teams can work together more seamlessly, enabling industrial organizations to save on infrastructure costs, speed time-to-value, and increase productivity.

Microsoft and Rockwell are working to deliver innovative edge-to-cloud-based solutions that connect information between development, operations and maintenance teams through a singular, trusted data environment. [Read more…] about Rockwell Automation and Microsoft expand partnership to simplify industrial transformation

Inspectorbots announces the Pan/Tilt Minibot

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The Pan/Tilt Minibot, also known as PTM, is one model in a line of small, portable inspection platforms offered by Inspectorbots.com.

PTM is a rugged, reliable inspection platform. This small bot features a Go Pro camera mounted on a pan/tilt mechanism which, in turn, is mounted to an all-aluminum crawler.

This vehicle can capture and record high definition (up to 4k) video or stills. [Read more…] about Inspectorbots announces the Pan/Tilt Minibot

Softbank Robotics launches automation analytics software for its floor scrubber

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SoftBank Robotics America (SBRA) has elevated the ability to enable continuous data delivery for the health and safety of indoor spaces, via an enterprise-grade application and dashboard called Whiz Connect.

As part of the Whiz solution, Whiz Connect centralizes customer automation portfolios, empowering users and stakeholders to make informed decisions on their occupant experience, optimize their Whiz fleet, and quantify the value of robotics in their workplace.

“Whiz with Whiz Connect is part of the heightened, people-first standard for our surroundings in this critical time. Providing continuous data, access and collaboration is at the core of how cobotics and technology can help simplify and rebuild trust in workplace wellness,” said Brady Watkins, Senior Vice President and General Manager of SBRA. [Read more…] about Softbank Robotics launches automation analytics software for its floor scrubber

Septentrio announces global distribution partnership with Digi-Key

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Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, announced today that it has partnered with Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor.

Digi-Key now offers mosaic-X5™ globally for customers who need secure and reliable high-accuracy positioning in a compact and low-power form factor.

Septentrio’s mosaic-X5TM features complete multi-frequency multi-constellation technology and tracks every existing and future signal from all Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) constellations. [Read more…] about Septentrio announces global distribution partnership with Digi-Key

Why do we need smart kitchen appliances?

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Kitchen technology is constantly evolving to make cooking easier. The latest innovation is smart technology.

This describes the suite of devices that are designed to connect with the internet.

In some cases, you might be able to control them from your smartphone. Let’s take a closer look at some of these devices and why you might want to add them to your kitchen. [Read more…] about Why do we need smart kitchen appliances?

Updates to Gantry Tool Storage improve overall user experience

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Updates to Gantry Tool Storage and Manufacturing Management Software from Fastems Improve Cutting Tool Sharing, Efficiency, Ergonomics, and User Experience
New releases of the Gantry Tool Storage (GTS) system and Manufacturing Management Software (MMS) from Fastems are designed to significantly increase manufacturing efficiency, enhance ergonomics and improve overall user experience.

When applied within a Fastems Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS), the GTS system and MMS can achieve machine utilization levels above 95 percent.

In the GTS system, pick-and-place and traveling gantry robots provide access to centralized storage of up to 4,000 cutting tools and perform just-in-time tool delivery to individual machines.

MMS software commands automatic cutting tool changes based on specific NC program scheduling requirements and real-time cutting tool life status.

The GTS system enables cutting tools to be shared among multiple machines, minimizing redundancy and eliminating the need to reserve a cutting tool for a single machine.

This generates cutting tool cost savings and minimizes operator interaction with cutting tool changes, reducing labor expense and eliminating tooling loading errors.

Cutting tool sharing also permits reduction in the size of machine tool magazines. When implementing the GTS system, its new modular design results in shorter delivery, installation, and commissioning times, as well as hardware cost advantages.

Improvements to MMS software include a more ergonomic interface and improved user experience, faster cutting tool information search functions, improved view of NC programs, and upgraded response in the case of unexpected machine stoppages.

Overall, Fastems’ cutting tool management products facilitate cutting tool setups in advance, eliminate scrap and machine crashes due to cutting tool loading errors, enable cutting tool sharing and lights-out machining, and consolidate cutting tool setup activities.

Advantages are realized in both initial investment and in ongoing return on investment. Fastems cutting tool automation equipment and software can be installed in phases, with each stage growing in capability and functionality.

To fully introduce GTS and MMS improvements, Fastems will present a virtual seminar “Productivity Beyond Machine Tending” on November 4, 2020, providing comprehensive details of the systems’ features and capabilities, while giving useful insight on cutting tool management in general.

Revealing ways to reduce waiting time, eliminate loading errors, maximize cutting tool safety and manage ergonomic considerations. The seminar program also includes useful presentations and Q&A sessions on how flexible automation and intelligent production planning software can increase efficiency and quality on a shop floor of any size.

MWES looks to the next generation in machine tending

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Robotic machine tending systems have been on the market for a number of years and they’ve faithfully helped many firms increase their throughput without burning through valuable operators in the process.

Though some shops are coming to grips with the notion that most of these machine tending systems are great at loading and unloading machines, but that’s all they do.

Sometimes jobs require off-machine work in between machine operations or the need to reposition parts in the same machine to complete the work. [Read more…] about MWES looks to the next generation in machine tending

ATI Boeing Accelerator opens call for sustainability startups that support the future of the aerospace industry 

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ATI Boeing Accelerator has opened applications for its second cohort, to invest into sustainability-enabling startups that will benefit the UK aerospace industry across three key areas of focus: Industry 4.0, Lifecycle and Resilience, and Energy.

Launched last year, the accelerator was created in partnership by the Aerospace Technology Institute and Boeing, and is delivered by European accelerator Ignite. GKN Aerospace is a corporate sponsor and more partners will be announced in the upcoming months.

The first cohort has already raised a further £6M in funding, created 30 new jobs, and engaged further organisations outside of the programme partners, including Frazer-Nash, Chevron Technology Ventures and Rolls-Royce. [Read more…] about ATI Boeing Accelerator opens call for sustainability startups that support the future of the aerospace industry 

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